franco-levantine
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Catholic or Latinophone resident of the Levant, or one who culturally belongs to this community.
adj
Characteristic of the culture of Franco-Levantines.
Example Sentences
- "This is an outstanding publication of photographs by J. P. Foscolo (1852-1927), a Franco-Levantine born on the Greek island of Zakynthos."
- "Half an hour later, the door of the inner sanctum opened and a portly and important-looking Franco-Levantine walked out and Peter was ushered into Mr. Mabardi's office."
- "But Franks (or Franco-Levantines) and Greeks constituted the two major ethno-religious groups, Latin and Orthodox respectively."
- "Is she not herself in Egypt also taken in the toils of Franco-Levantine influences, as dominant at Cairo as they are at Constantinople ?"
- "This renowned Franco-Levantine restaurant and bar provides a welcome escape from the bustle of the city centre."
- "In the case of Maadi the tone would be unmistakably English and in the case of Heliopolis, Franco-Levantine."